Google: Algorithm Updates

Google confirms it doesn’t index passages separately

Google now "consider passages from pages as an additional ranking...

Barry Schwartz | Oct 20, 2020 at 2:09 pm ET

Google: BERT now used on almost every English query

Google announced numerous improvements made to search over the year and some new features coming...

Barry Schwartz | Oct 15, 2020 at 3:17 pm ET

8 major Google algorithm updates, explained

Of countless Google algorithm updates introduced over the last decade, here are the ones that changed SEO...

Sponsored Content: SEO PowerSuite | Oct 13, 2020 at 8:30 am ET

Google now uses BERT to match stories with fact checks

Google has made numerous changes to auto-complete, News, fact-checking, knowledge panels, breaking news detection and...

Barry Schwartz | Sep 10, 2020 at 3:00 pm ET

Google says you can recover from core updates without a new core update

Unlike the old Panda or Penguin updates, Google core updates get refreshed data...

Barry Schwartz | Sep 9, 2020 at 9:16 am ET

A Google Search bug wreaked havoc on the search results Monday night

The issue lasted several hours yesterday, putting the SEO community in a bit of panic...

Barry Schwartz | Aug 11, 2020 at 9:02 am ET

What SEOs get wrong about Google updates

Your ranking decline is likely not due to an update and good luck trying to figure out the ranking factors impacting your...

Barry Schwartz | Jul 28, 2020 at 8:37 am ET

What content survives Google algorithm updates?

Be able to anticipate your target audience's needs....

Barry Schwartz | Jul 22, 2020 at 1:41 pm ET

Guide to Core Web Vitals for SEOs and Developers

What you need to know about Google’s latest set of key user experience metrics for Web...

Detlef Johnson | Jul 21, 2020 at 3:07 pm ET

The most memorable Google algorithm updates of all time

Panda, Penguin and the Florida updates still loom large. What you can learn from their...

Barry Schwartz | Jul 20, 2020 at 2:50 pm ET

What 20 years of Google algorithm updates say about what SEOs should focus on next

More than a history lesson: How to prepare for the next big Google...

Barry Schwartz | Jun 23, 2020 at 1:30 pm ET

Top SEOs on Google’s Page Experience update and what you need to know

SEOs discuss the new page experience signals and AMP's fate when it's no longer required for Top...

George Nguyen | Jun 16, 2020 at 8:30 am ET

Google local ranking changes in early May? Thank a bug

Google confirmed fluctuations seen in local rankings was a bug and says it fixed the...

Barry Schwartz | Jun 1, 2020 at 11:22 am ET

The Google Page Experience Update: User experience to become a Google ranking factor

Core Web Vitals metrics will start to impact rankings in 2021. Here is what you need to...

Barry Schwartz | May 28, 2020 at 12:00 pm ET

Google May 2020 core update is done rolling out

It is now time for you to review your site to see if this May 2020 update had an impact on its Google...

Barry Schwartz | May 18, 2020 at 12:47 pm ET

Google’s May 2020 core update was big and broad, search data tools show

This update was an "absolute monster" said Mordy Oberstein from...

Barry Schwartz | May 7, 2020 at 10:12 am ET

Google May 2020 Core Update rolling out

This is the second Google core update of...

Barry Schwartz | May 4, 2020 at 2:30 pm ET

What SEOs can learn from COVID rankings volatility [Video]

Google’s prior work to prioritize EAT signals for YMYL queries, in tandem with shifting search behavior, may explain over two weeks of...

George Nguyen | May 1, 2020 at 2:34 pm ET

Google shouldn’t pause algorithm updates during the pandemic, expert SEOs say [Video]

While it’s not business as usual, search engines need to continue to help users, provide vital resources and fight against...

George Nguyen | Apr 22, 2020 at 12:56 pm ET

Know your site. That’s how you stay ahead of algorithm updates

RankRanger’s Mordy Oberstein discusses a common trait among sites that lose after an algorithm update and ways to strengthen your site’s...

George Nguyen | Feb 26, 2020 at 9:31 am ET